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or doppelganger
as in twin
something or someone that strongly resembles another
at the mall today I saw someone who could be your doppelgänger
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Recent Examples of doppelgänger
And are his army of doppelgangers ready to really commit to the bit?
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Emma Specter, Vogue, 13 Dec. 2024
In the trippy video, a woman chases her doppelganger through an isolated wooded area, eventually catching and coming face-to-face with the alternative version of herself.
—Sophie Williams, Billboard, 27 Nov. 2024
For example, in the early 2010s Facebook held an online doppelganger contest encouraging users to upload photos and find their own lookalikes.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 21 Nov. 2024
For Oilers fans, Skinner is in the same range as Leon Draisaitl (2.52 per 60) over the three years, with Arvidsson’s number being a doppelganger for Ryan Nugent-Hopkins’ rate in the same game state over the same time frame.
—Allan Mitchell, The Athletic, 3 July 2024
Upon learning that the handsome doppelganger was a therapist, fans on X (formerly known as Twitter) were quick to seek his assistance for their mental health.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 20 Nov. 2024
At the event, Zendaya introduced Cher — the Cleveland museum’s newest addition — on-stage dressed as her doppelganger.
—Leah Dolan, CNN, 21 Oct. 2024
In one project from 1998, a team at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill envisioned communicating with colleagues through virtual, life-sized, 3D doppelgangers that could be projected onto any office surface.
—Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Nov. 2024
As sustainability becomes a business necessity, the manufacturing sector is turning to an unlikely ally: its digital doppelganger.
—Raghunandan Gurumurthy, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
Emma Specter, Vogue, 13 Dec. 2024
In the trippy video, a woman chases her doppelganger through an isolated wooded area, eventually catching and coming face-to-face with the alternative version of herself.
—Sophie Williams, Billboard, 27 Nov. 2024
For example, in the early 2010s Facebook held an online doppelganger contest encouraging users to upload photos and find their own lookalikes.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 21 Nov. 2024
For Oilers fans, Skinner is in the same range as Leon Draisaitl (2.52 per 60) over the three years, with Arvidsson’s number being a doppelganger for Ryan Nugent-Hopkins’ rate in the same game state over the same time frame.
—Allan Mitchell, The Athletic, 3 July 2024
Upon learning that the handsome doppelganger was a therapist, fans on X (formerly known as Twitter) were quick to seek his assistance for their mental health.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 20 Nov. 2024
At the event, Zendaya introduced Cher — the Cleveland museum’s newest addition — on-stage dressed as her doppelganger.
—Leah Dolan, CNN, 21 Oct. 2024
In one project from 1998, a team at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill envisioned communicating with colleagues through virtual, life-sized, 3D doppelgangers that could be projected onto any office surface.
—Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Nov. 2024
As sustainability becomes a business necessity, the manufacturing sector is turning to an unlikely ally: its digital doppelganger.
—Raghunandan Gurumurthy, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for doppelgänger
Noun
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The couple gave birth to Blue Ivy in January 2012, followed by twins Sir and Rumi, born in 2017.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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Few have been able to capture the attention of the fashion industry, and beyond it, quite like the Olsen twins.Cortne Bonilla, Vogue, 9 Dec. 2024
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In preliminary tests, the model excels at three critical tasks: segmentation (dividing images into distinct anatomical parts), classification (categorizing images based on medical conditions), and visual localization (precisely identifying specific features like fractures or tumors).Bernard Marr, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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Footage and images from the scene match the scene shown in the Facebook video, showing the same small white plane in the same position on the side of the highway.Katie Smith, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2024
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Combine questionnaires and evidence packets with real-time security signals to get the full picture.Aleksandr Yampolskiy, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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Several team owners conceded problems with other post-grad teams but painted rosy pictures of their own.Kenny Jacoby, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024
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The portraits Joseph took for the agency captured the dignity of the women at work on SS George Washington Carver, exactly what the propaganda agency wanted to show.April White, JSTOR Daily, 16 Dec. 2024
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The federal government issued $2 currency notes beginning in 1862, which first had a portrait of Alexander Hamilton on the cover.John Tufts, The Courier-Journal, 16 Dec. 2024
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New data from TransUnion shows Zoomers are using credit cards to make ends meet more than their Millennial counterparts did at the same stage of life.Lindsey Downing, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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Negro said the research did not investigate hunting success in relation to plumage color, but earlier research had suggested that whiter barn owls were more efficient hunters than their darker counterparts during a full moon.Katie Hunt, CNN, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Doppelgänger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doppelg%C3%A4nger. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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